# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Sheehan Pipeline Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2015096908` · 9/21/2015 · BLAKESLEE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ground, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Sheehan Pipeline Construction Company
- **Location:** Williams Gas Pipeline, BLAKESLEE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18610
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing next to an excavator.  The excavator turned and the employee was struck by the excavator's counterweight.  The employee fell over into a sump hole and struck his body against a steel plate.  The employee suffered a broken jaw, broken ribs, punctured lung, and broken left elbow.  The employee was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*